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The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Arts & Culture Editor Hugh Linehan.
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Irish culture and current affairs with the historical backstory that explains it all. Presented by journalist Naomi O Leary and lecturer Tim Mc Inerney, this is your passport to Ireland.
The RTÉ team at Leinster House and guests have an informal discussion about what has been happening in the world of Irish politics. New episodes available every Thursday evening.
The Irish independent news, politics and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Join hosts Tony Groves and Martin McMahon and a wide range of guests as the tackle everything from twitter to the Taoiseach. There will be shenanigans!
32 Episodes. 32 Counties. 32 Questions. Every week United Ireland looks at how issues in small places have a much bigger context, and discusses the issues important to you. Let's go!
Saturday with Katie Hannon questions agendas, dissects the week gone by, and debates the likely issues of the week to come in Irish politics. Listen live Saturday at 1pm on RTÉ Radio 1.
Iain Dale is joined by a panel of senior politicians and commentators to answer listener questions on the biggest stories of the week.
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Sunday Special #42 – Gaza, Housing and Up the Workers
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Earlier we recorded a packed Sunday Special in front of a live online audience of our supporters. As always, it was the best podcast of the week. This week Martin, Vicky and myself were joined by Trade Unionist, Activist and podcaster (The Week at Work) Michelle Byrne, Mr Irish election projections himself, Harry McEvansoneya and Gaza based journal…
(TW: This short podcast contains audio that some listeners may find distressing)We were joined by our friend in Gaza, journalist Hana Salah to get an update on the tragic events of the last 24 hours and on the status of any peace talks. Hana outlines what has happened and why the Palestinian demands have only increased as the bombardments have done…
Panel: Fine Gael Minister of State Colm Brophy, Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin and People Before Profit TD Bríd SmithBy RTÉ
With their IT systems under serious attack from ransomware, reaction from Paul Reid, CEO of the HSEBy RTÉ
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Housing supply and bulk-buying by investors
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with Pat Farrell, CEO of Irish Institutional PropertyBy RTÉ
Edwin Poots is elected the new DUP leaderBy RTÉ
We were up early talking with our friend in Gaza, journalist, Hana Salah. She explained how the relentless air strikes have forced families from homes and into already overcrowded areas, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hana outlines the current situation, with Israeli soldiers amassing on the border, and why she feels an invasion will not h…
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How social media abuse should be tackled by the Government
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This week’s Floating Voter podcast on Independent.ie took a look at how social media abuse should be tackled by the Government.Fianna Fáil’s Niamh Smyth and Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly shared their own experiences of some of the hate they have received online.Deputy O’Reilly revealed that she was this week contacted by Gardaí who inquired about her…
British broadcaster and writer James O’Brien has built a loyal listenership on his LBC radio programme, dissecting the opinions of callers live on air every day. In his 2018 book, How To Be Right... in a World gone Wrong, he set out his opinions on Islam, Brexit, political correctness, LGBT issues, feminism, Trump and other flash points. Now his la…
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Una and Andrea's United Ireland
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BONUS: How to run a festival in a pandemic with Naoise Nunn of Brightening Air
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On this month's 32 Questions, we hear from the Sinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield. What clubs is he dying to return to? Who is his favourite non-Sinn Féin TD? Why don't Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael understand the legacy of referendum activism? Is he really going to open a new nail bar on South William Street, and more!…
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Your Politics
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FF TD: If we don't get housing right participation Govt is a waste
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As Covid mist begins to lift, it is becoming clear two big items will dominate the political agenda: housing and climate. Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe who is deputy chairman of the Housing Committee joined presenter Paul Cunningham, Mícheál Lehane and Sandra Hurley on the podcast.By RTÉ News
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Here's How 120 – Levelling the Field
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Holly Cairns is the Social Democrats spokesperson on agriculture, food and the marine, and further and higher education and disability. ***** I try to steer away from jargon on this podcast, but I’ve got two jargon words to give you here. The words are MUP and BOGOF. Before I tell you what those mean, let […] The post Here's How 120 – Levelling the…
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Dame Margaret Beckett, Bob Seely, Clarke Carlisle & Joan Smith
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are former Labour Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Nottingham South Dame Margaret Beckett, Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight Bob Seely, ex-footballer and mental health campaigner Clarke Carlisle, and journalist and campaigner Joan Smith.By LBC
TW: This podcast contains audio that some listeners may find disturbingWe've just finished recording another podcast with our friend in Gaza, journalist, Hana Salah. She talks us through what has been happening since we last spoke and I have to be honest, I'm finding it very hard to compose myself as the sound of explosions were far too close and t…
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EPISODE 97: Left Behind, Ireland's Millennials in Crisis
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Rising rents, falling wages, collapsing home ownership, increasing unemployment: hard data is finally backing up the experience of intergenerational inequality that is leaving millennials in Ireland worse off than their parents. This week, we're joined by Dr Barra Roantree, an economist from the ESRI, and one of the people behind a new report that …
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Housing crisis overtakes Covid as number one priority
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The political focus has shifted from the pandemic to the housing crisis, with Taoiseach Micheal Martin this week declaring it the Government’s “number one priority”. Jack Horgan Jones and Pat Leahy join Hugh to discuss the political decisions and policy failures that have led to the crisis and the resulting generational divide.But first, not escapi…
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535. Jerusalem Day and Palestine Under Fire
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Regular listeners of the tortoise shack would be familiar with our friend and frequent contributor, Gaza based journalist, Hana Salah. As tensions in the region have been rising over the last few days, with evictions of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem and attempts to stop Muslims praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, things have tragically…
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UK election special: Labour's leadership crisis and Scotland's referendum mandate
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Denis Staunton talks to Hugh about the results of last Friday's local and regional elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The results have thrown up many stories, including how Labour's leader Keir Starmer contrived to turn a setback into a leadership crisis, and how pro-independence politicians increase their dominance of the Scottish parliamen…
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533. Housing Insecurity with Mary Coogan & Mark O’Halloran
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The sale of 170 houses to an Investment Fund has sparked a conversation amongst the public that listeners of the shack will have been having for several years. But what does Generation Rent and the Locked-out Generation really mean? To discuss this we were joined in the Tortoise Shack by activist and long-time friend of the pod, Mary Coogan and Act…
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The 41st Tortoise Shack Sunday Special with the Muslim Sisters of Eire
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This week for the Live Sunday Special it was a pleasure to be joined by founder of the Muslim Sisters of Eire, Lorraine O'Connor, Madrid based Professor Joe Haslam and Architect, Orla Hegarty.We discussed the Covid Poverty that has seen demand for Muslim Sisters of Eire's services almost overwhelmed, the public anger at the housing crisis reaching …
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EPISODE 96: Ireland's Housing Crisis Boiling Point
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This week, Soc Dems TD Cian O'Callaghan joins us to discuss the boiling point that peaked this week regarding Ireland's housing crisis. This is a fascinating conversation with a TD who breaks down what's wrong with Fine Gael's housing policy, the shared equity scheme in the government's bill, REITs and investment funds buying up estates, apartment …
When housing stock is seen as an investment opportunity rather than a homeBy RTÉ
Panel: Minister of State Thomas Byrne, Sinn Féin TD Louise O'Reilly, Labour TD Ged NashBy RTÉ
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Steve Aiken resigns as Ulster Unionist Party leader
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Vincent Kearney brings us breaking news from Northern IrelandBy RTÉ
Keeping both communities Covid safe in the event of cross-border travel north and southBy RTÉ
Importance of ensuring all those returning to a an opened-up retail sector are supportedBy RTÉ
Opening up travel by using antigen tests and Digital Green Certs. With Paul Hackett, CEO of Click&Go and board member of ITAABy RTÉ
with Declan Naughton of the RSABy RTÉ
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Non-prosecution of British soldiers during the Troubles
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with Mark Kelly, whose 12-year old sister was killed by a rubber bullet during the TroublesBy RTÉ
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531. Mick Clifford & Brendan Ogle – The Solutions to Bogus Self Employment
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Special Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, Mick Clifford, joined Tony to host a debate on the solutions to the issue of Bogus Self Employment.Unite Trade Unionist, Brendan Ogle and our own Martin McMahon, discuss the draft proposals emerging from the Oireachtas Social Welfare Committee, with particular focus on a Statutory Code of Practice, the…
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Housing replaces virus on as hot political topic
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For the first time since the pandemic arrived in Ireland the virus slipped down the political agenda only to be replaced by the hot topic of housing. This week the Your Politics podcast is joined by Sinn Féin's housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin. He joined presenter Paul Cunningham and Sandra Hurley.By RTÉ News
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528. Loyalism, the Centenary and Learning from the Worst of the Troubles
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It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by Writer, Author and Troubles historian, Dr Gareth Mulvenna. We discussed the recent scenes of violence, the echoes of the past, the fissures in Loyalism and why it remains true that those who refuse to learn from history are determined to repeat it. Gareth expresses his frustration at the natur…
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Lord Charlie Falconer, Nus Ghani, Sarah Olney & Liz Saville-Roberts
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Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Shadow Attorney General and Labour Peer Lord Charlie Falconer, Conservative MP for Wealden Nus Ghani, Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park Sarah Olney & Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader and MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd for Liz Saville-Roberts.By LBC
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How will global tax reform affect Ireland?
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For decades, Ireland has used a low corporation tax rate to attract foreign direct investment. That is now threatened by a major tax reform plan announced by US president Joe Biden, which proposes to tax the overseas earnings of US corporations at 21 per cent. Talks are also taking place at the OECD on a global minimum level of corporate tax, which…
It was a pleasure to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by investigative reporter with Noteworthy, Niall Sargent, to discuss his latest 2 part report into Ireland's carbon emissions. Niall talks us through the key findings and tells us where we are starting to get things right, but also points out where we need to see significant improvements. We di…
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111. We are Irish – Unsilencing Black Voices
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This Reboot Republic podcast talks to Sandrine Ndahiro, a PhD student in Contemporary African Literature at the University of Limerick and co-producer of the documentary Unsilencing Black Voices which details personal stories and accounts of racism experienced by members of the black community in Ireland. Sandrine, explains that they developed the …
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The 40th Sunday Special – Delay, Deny and Wait for me to Die
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We've just finished recording our 40th Live Sunday Special and it was terrific. Joining Martin and Tony were Actor, Writer and Adoption Rights Activist, Noelle Brown, Writer, Leadership Coordinator and Human Rights Activist, Emma DeSouza and Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster, Dawn Foster.Noelle talks us through the latest "update" on the Mother an…
Panel: Prof Philip Nolan, Minister of State Peter Burke, Senator Ivana Bacik, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty and Adrian Cummins of Restaurants Association of IrelandBy RTÉ
Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of NPHET Epidemiological Modelling Advisory GroupBy RTÉ
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High case numbers in Donegal, hospitality re-opening and government supports
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with Pearse Doherty, Ivana Bacik, Peter Burke and Adrian CumminsBy RTÉ
with Claire Byrne, Green Party councillor who has declared her intention to runBy RTÉ
Nicolas Šustr is the city development and transport editor for the German newspaper formerly known as Neues Deutschland now known as ND. ***** We’re going to have a new leader of the DUP. Leaders of the DUP are generally not anyone’s favourite person, unless that anyone happens to be a DUP supporter. As an aside […] The post Here's How 119 – Concre…
It was a pleasure to be joined by Human Rights Lawyer with Phoenix Law, Darragh Mackin and Sinn Féin Senator, Lynn Boylan, to discuss the re-traumatising of the victims and families of the Stardust fire. Darragh tells us about the inequality built into the States current method of access to justice and Lynn talks about the feelings of those impacte…
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Foster's exit bodes poorly for north-south relations
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What led to Arlene Foster's ouster this week, who will succeed her and what will it mean for politics on the island? To find out we talk to Sam McBride of the Belfast Newsletter. Then Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray look at the other big political news of the week: the major moves towards reopening the country, and the surprise resignation of Fine Gael…
Half of Killarney National Park was burnt by devastating fires this week due to 'countryside burning', something that has become an annual ritual. The Mourne Mountains suffered a similar fate. And many, many other hills and mountainous areas.We talk to Pádraic Fogarty of the Irish Wildlife Trust about why these fires are started, what CAP payments …
The Government aims for a Goldilocks reopening of the economy, by not going too quickly and not too slowly. As intercounty travel, hairdressers, team training, religious services, museums and libraries prepare to go back to business on May 10, the RTÉ politics team analyse how Taoiseach Micheál Martin handled easing restrictions.…
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties: The Coroners System Report
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We were joined in this Policed - Echo Chamber crossover podcast by Liam Herrick, Executive Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. We talk about the report on the Coroners' System, authored by Prof Phil Scraton and Dr Gillian McNaul, which ICCL launched last week. Vicky and Liam talk about why the coroners system matters, what families a…
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Andrea Leadsom, James Harding, Lisa Nandy & George Monbiot
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Andrea Leadsom - Former Business Secretary, former Environment Secretary, former Leader of the House of Commons and Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire | James Harding - Editor and Co-founder of Tortoise, former Director of BBC News | Lisa Nandy - Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Wigan | George Monbiot - Columnist for The Guardian …
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Heroes or Zeros? Discussing Ireland's Covid strategy with ISAG's prof Aoife McLysaght
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For much of the pandemic, the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG) has recommended that Ireland should aggressively suppress virus transmission as part of a zero-Covid policy. That strategy has, however, failed to find favour with either the Government or health officials. As we prepare for the next phase of reopening in May, ISAG spokesper…
